Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2025

The 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and 20% tariffs on Chinese goods are expected to increase production costs, disrupt logistics networks, and force companies to rethink supply chains. are expected to rise by $3,000 to $12,000 per car, forcing manufacturers to either pass costs to consumers or cut production.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 26, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping supply chain operations by enabling predictive planning, allowing companies to anticipate disruptions before they occur and adjust operations accordingly. Companies must react after the fact, often incurring higher costs and reduced service levels.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 17, 2024

They noted the fact that companies whose leaders had supply chain experience took a more proactive approach to addressing potential supply-chain challenges, and in leveraging the supply-chain function to generate new business opportunities. They are no longer just vendors of goods and services.

Manufacturing Procurement 292

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2025

NEW YORK & OTTAWA, ON March 24, 2025 Infor, the industry cloud complete company, and Kinaxis Inc. TSX: KXS) an end-to-end supply chain orchestration, today announced a new partnership that will deliver improved alignment of supply chain plans with business objectives and strategies for midmarket discrete manufacturing companies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 14, 2024

During my current supply chain planning market research, I have received briefings from several SCP companies. This metric measures the percentage of time the planners accept replenishment, transportation, or inventory plans as they are without any change in the timing of the delivery or the quantity to be delivered. You route a truck.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 24, 2025

Excess inventory weighs down supply chains. Companies often overproduce to hedge against demand swings, yet end up with shelves of unused goods. Manufacturers are shifting to on-demand production to align output with real-time demand. It ties up capital, wastes storage space, and risks product obsolescence.

Waste Reduction 98

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This article will examine the challenges Belcorp faced with managing its extensive product range and complex supply chain and how our solution set, which includes Service Optimizer 99+ (SO99+), Demand Planning, and the Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization (MEIO) model, transformed their operations. It played out as follows.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Transportation, warehousing, and manufacturing collectively contribute significantly to carbon emissions, making these areas critical for meaningful change. Companies are increasingly adopting electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles to transition away from fossil fuels. Reducing carbon emissions is a cornerstone of this effort.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 6, 2025

When you talk to companies that have implemented enterprise or supply chain applications, executives will usually admit that they have under-invested in training and preparing users to use the new technology. Molex is a private company headquartered in Lisle, IL in the US. The company uses a process monitoring tool called Celonis.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 7, 2025

Here I define value as improving market capitalization/employee for a public company. For example, if I improve the cost structure in transportation, procurement, manufacturing and sales independently, what decision support framework decides the right trade-offs? I believe we need to rethink supply chain processes to focus on value.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 14, 2025

I helped a manufacturer of men’s underwear grow its market share by testing price points and assortment on Amazon before the launch in brick-and-mortar stores. For example, I worked with a company that decided on seed supply chains. The class is limited to manufacturing, retail, and distribution business leaders.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 17, 2025

This is amplified across the supply chain into an exponential impact on inventory and planned orders for manufacturing. When we measure the bullwhip impact (in my class on outside-in process thinking), the bullwhip between manufacturing and procurement is 2-3X. Without a synchronized signal, companies make the wrong decisions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 14, 2025

Delays, excess inventory, missed handoffs, and reactive decision-making are all signs of a supply chain that lacks coordination. Collaborative Workflows Supply chains involve many teams and companies working toward the same outcome. The factory uses this information to make scheduling and inventory decisions more efficiently.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Running a manufacturing business isn’t easy. You’re juggling production schedules, managing inventory, keeping an eye on finances, and making sure everything runs smoothly on the shop floor. That’s where a manufacturing ERP comes in. It’s a lot to handle. Let’s get started.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Richard Lebovitz and Joe Lynch discuss leading inventory attack teams. Richard is the CEO of LeanDNA , a purpose-built analytics platform for factory inventory optimization. About Richard Lebovitz Richard Lebovitz is the CEO of LeanDNA , a purpose-built analytics platform for factory inventory optimization. acquired by SAP).

Optimal Sourcing 278

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 19, 2025

Companies that fail to modernize face supply shortages, revenue loss, and regulatory risks. Just-in-time (JIT) inventory models, lean supplier networks, and offshore manufacturing reduced expenses but left companies exposed to disruptions. GPT-4 is being used to improve inventory allocation and demand forecasting.

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Kinaxis

MAY 16, 2025

What food and beverage companies need to know about tariffs: Lessons from Canada sharkins Fri, 05/16/2025 - 09:53 Tariffs have been a constant threat since the beginning of 2025, but one sector has felt the impact more immediately than most: consumer packaged goods. Enter a Canadian supermarket today, and you will witness the transformation.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Picture this: You’re a warehouse manager, and with a few taps on your smartphone, you instantly know the exact location and quantity of every item in your inventory. That’s not science fiction—it’s the power of mobile inventory management. Ready to turn your inventory from a headache into a strategic asset?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 25, 2025

Planners are uniquely positioned with an end-to-end focus, from procurement of materials, through manufacturing and engineering, to the movement, storage, and delivery of finished products or services. Investing in planning enables companies to quickly identify and address constraints while consistently realigning assets to maximize value.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2025

Resilience is the ability to respond to disruption while maintaining core operations, and more companies are shifting their strategies accordingly. First, overreliance on a narrow group of suppliersespecially those in politically sensitive regionsexposes companies to risk when trade relationships shift.

Optimal Sourcing 220

Optimal Sourcing Modeling Supply Chain Optimization Cost Reduction Strategies 220

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 23, 2025

The resulting increase in demand may place pressure on agricultural producers and extract manufacturers to scale operations. Reformulation and Product Development The transition will require most affected manufacturers to reformulate products that rely on the targeted dyes. Reformulation is not a one-to-one ingredient swap.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 14, 2024

trillion distortion inventory problem. Karl is the CEO and Co-founder of Pull Logic , an AI-enabled tech company focused on reducing lost sales for retailers, brands, and manufacturers due failure points in the supply chain and selling processes. Karl Swensen and Joe Lynch discuss solving the $1.8 Summary: Solving the $1.8

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 11, 2025

Warehouse Robotics: Systematic Redesign of Core Functions Warehouse operations have historically relied on manual labor for tasks such as picking, sorting, inventory management, and material handling. Langham Logistics used Gather AI drones to improve inventory accuracy from 97% to over 99.9%, while reducing cycle count time tenfold.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

By maximizing space utilization, improving inventory control , and boosting workflow efficiency, you can unlock significant cost savings and elevate your customer service game. Essential technology solutions, including Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), Inventory Management Systems (IMS), and the transformative power of IoT and automation.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 31, 2025

Advanced supply chain planning is being transformed by probabilistic forecasting , which revolutionizes demand forecasting, supply planning, and inventory optimization. Enhancing Inventory with Probabilistic Forecasting A supply chain is a complex ecosystem influenced by dynamic variables. The result?

Forecasting 156

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Kinaxis

JUNE 11, 2025

The resulting strategic question for companies is: How do we build resilient supply chains when even the rule-makers are unstable? Automotive: Can JIT manufacturing survive legal disruptions to tariff policy? Companies relocating to Mexico may face rapid reversal in cost advantage if emergency tariffs are struck down.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2025

These steps include sourcing and receiving inventory, storing inventory, order processing, picking and packing an order, shipping the order, and returns management. Factors like planning tools, inventory management, demand patterns, and innovations in technology contribute to the success or failure of fulfillment optimization.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Sellercloud serves small to mid-sized retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers with inventory and order management systems (IMS/OMS) that help manage and synchronize inventory across multiple sales channels, while also facilitating order fulfillment. The company aims for net-zero emissions across all scopes by 2050.

Price Reduction 291

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 29, 2025

The company also sells supply chain planning and transportation management solutions. Companies have a known problem synchronizing their supply chain plans with what can actually be executed. Manufacturers refer to it as the shop floor to top floor disconnect. Cubing out is preferable; companies dont like to ship air.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 16, 2025

Manufacturers have started implementing features of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) to be more flexible and responsive and make more intelligent, data-driven decisions. Manufacturing can not only use IoT for manufacturing, but also to give inventory management greater flexibility and improve decision-making.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 31, 2025

Probabilistic forecasting is revolutionizing demand forecasting, supply planning, and inventory optimization by significantly improving forecast accuracy and decision-making across distribution networks. Enhancing Inventory with Probabilistic Forecasting A supply chain is a complex ecosystem influenced by dynamic variables.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Scaling manufacturing operations is crucial for business growth but presents unique challenges. Balancing increased demand with consistent quality and controlled costs is difficult but essential for manufacturers looking to expand. Successfully scaling manufacturing requires more than just adding resources.

Material Savings 92

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 18, 2025

AGVs move bulk-picked goods to shipping areas or replenish high-turnover inventory zones. Automotive Manufacturing AGVs deliver parts to production lines just in time, supporting lean assembly processes. AMRs transport kits or sub-assemblies to workstations that vary based on the vehicle model or workflow.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Despite the evolution of technology, none of the 28 industry segments I follow can drive improvement at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. The issue is that most companies are using new forms of technology to make bad decisions faster. In our research, small regional companies outperform large multinationals.

Supply Chain Design Software 221

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 10, 2025

Companies today making a fundamental mistake: they are attempting to automate current processes with AI versus challenging and redefining work. Most companies forecast a single stream with a focus on error. Companies Pedal Better Uphill Than Downhill Companies have amnesia. Technology can change or even improve work.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Digital Twin Screen Shot and Architecture The most comprehensive form of planning that companies engage in is integrated business planning. Executives came to understand that IBP should not constrain a companys ability to react to what was happening in the market. IBP balances what can be produced against projected demand.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 30, 2025

My head is wobbling with announcements, late-night Friday press releases, company name changes, and executive turnover in the supply chain planning market. Renames the Company Daybreak. No doubt that the company, Noodle.ai, needed a fresh start after burning through $107M in capital of five rounds of financing. Kinaxis and o9.

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